HMS Argo

HMS Argo

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Argo", after the "Argo", the ship of Jason and the Argonauts:

*HMS "Argo" was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1758 and broken up by 1776.
*HMS "Argo" was a schooner purchased in 1780 and sold in 1783.
*HMS "Argo" was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1781 and sold in 1816.
*HMS "Argo" was a 38-gun fifth rate, launched in 1799 as HMS "Active". She was converted to harbour service in 1826, was renamed HMS "Argo" in 1833 and was broken up in 1860.
*HMS "Argo" was a composite screw sloop launched in 1880 as HMS "Espiegle". She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1899 and was renamed HMS "Argo" in 1904. She was sold in 1921.


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